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Jilt vs Begunk - What's the difference?

jilt | begunk |

As nouns the difference between jilt and begunk

is that jilt is a woman who jilts a lover while begunk is (dialectal|chiefly|scotland) an illusion; trick; cheat.

As verbs the difference between jilt and begunk

is that jilt is to cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love while begunk is (transitive|dialectal|chiefly|scotland) to befool; deceive; balk; jilt.

jilt

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A woman who jilts a lover.
    • (Otway)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love.
  • * (John Locke) (1632-1705)
    • Tell a man passionately in love, that he is jilted ; bring a score of witnesses of the falsehood of his mistress, it is ten to one but three kind words of hers shall invalidate all their testimonies.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.}}

    begunk

    English

    Alternative forms

    *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To befool; deceive; balk; jilt.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) An illusion; trick; cheat.